over year basis. so there are a lot of things we can do as a country, if we put job creation first, and that's what president obama has been doing, even in the face of obstructionists who are trying to slow the jobs recovery before the election. >> governor? >> that dog is trying its best to catch up with the fire truck but we keep moving forward. >> governor, i want to thank you very much for your time today. >> thank you. >> governor o'malley again from maryland. >>> coming up, we are counting up -- counting down to 8:30 a.m., september employment report, our jobs panel members are making their way to the "squawk" set, mark zandi, moody's analytics and michelle meyer of b of a merrill lynch global research. we'll get their predictions, next. >>> welcome back, everybody. it's jobs friday and we are a few minutes away from the release of the september jobs report. joining us is michelle meyers, and mark zandi. and of course john taylor is our guest host from fx concepts. mark, why don't you give us yo